Sled-brake



No. e0a,|s5. Patnted July 26, I898. a. c. HOPKINS & H., M. SINES.

SLED BRAKE.

(Application filed July 1, 1.897.)

(No Model.)

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make and use the same, reference being had urrn Sans GEORGE O. HOPKINSAND HENRY SINES, OF GALLOP, MONTANA.

SLED-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 608,165, dated July 26,1898.

Application filed July 1, 1897. Serial No. 643,095. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE O. HOPKINS and HENRY M. SINES, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Gallop, in the county of Gallatin andState of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSled- Brakes; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sled-brakes andit consists in the construction and association of parts, as hereinafterset forth, and pointed out particularly in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a brake for sleighs that shallbe cheap andsimple of construction and one which shall be positive andeffective in its operation, which object is attained by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whioh- I Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a sleigh provided with our improved brake attachedto therear bob thereof. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the rear bobof Fig. 1, showing more clearly the formation and location of the brake.

Referring to the numerals of reference, 1 and 2 designate the bobs, and3 the body or box. The bobs may be of ordinary and in the drawings areshown as composed of runners 4:, bearing-posts 5, bolsters 6, tie-bolts7, and braces 8.

9 represents a shaft journaled upon the forward portion of braces 8 andheld in position by means of clips or boxes 10. One end of said shaft isbent upward, forming an operatinglever 11. Rigidly secured to thecentral portion of shaft 9 is a block 12, having a tongue 12 formedintegral therewith and projecting upward therefrom. Pivoted to the underside of bolster 6 and depending therefrom is a pair of arms 13, saidarms having a plate or scraper 14: rigidly secured at their lower ends.EX- tending from one of said arms 13 is a rand 15. 16 indicates a linkwhich is pivotally connected at one end to said rand 15, its oppositeend being notched or provided with cars, by means of which said link ispivoted to tongue 12, the arrangement being clearly shown in Fig. 2.

As scraper'14 is adapted to bear upon the ground or road-bed centrallybetween runners 4, it will not interfere with the turning of the bob,and for this reason may be attached either to theforward or rear bob,suitable means for operating it being employed.

In Fig. 1, where the brake is shown as applied to the rear bob, 17designates a handlever which is pivoted to box 3 or which lever may bepivoted to the running-gear, if desired, and in either case so as to bewithin easy reach of the seat. 18 indicates a rod which connects lever17 with portion 11 of shaft 9. ing hand-lever 17 forward rod 18 will bedrawn upon and operate shaft 9 from said angled portion 11. As shaft 9rotates block 12 and tongue 12 are thrown forward, drawing upon link 16,which in turn draws upon link 15 to swing scraper 14 forward anddownward, so as to bear upon the road-bed, as will be readilyunderstood.

By the particular location of the parts great leverage force is to behad over scraper or brake 14:, which maybe made to effectually brake aloaded sleigh when traveling down an incline.

Having thus fully set forth'our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sled-brake consisting of a bob, a shaft journaled to the bracesthereof, a scraper consisting of arms pivoted to the bolster of said boband depending therefrom, said arms having a common plate at their lowerends, and the link for lowering said scraper as said shaft is operated,substantially as described.

2. A sled-brake and bob consisting of runners, posts, bolsters, &c., theshaft journaled upon said braces, said shaft having an operating angledportion, the block and tongue secured to said shaft, the arms dependingfrom a pivotal connection with said bolster, the plate and rand securedto said arms, the link connecting said rand with the aforesaid tongue,and means for operating said angled portion of the shaft, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE O. HOPKINS. HENRY M. SINES.

Witnesses:

, PHILIP DoDsoN, W. H. 00X.

It will now be seen that by throw-

